Hold On

"Let people hold to their lifework through mood and melancholy. Let them hold to it through headache and through heartache. For whoever watches the wind will never plant, and whoever looks at the clouds will never reap." ~ George H. Morrison

If You Died Tonight

"Live as though today you may die a martyr's death." ~ Charles de Foucauld

If You Died Tonight by Big Daddy Weave

Not My Will But Thine

"My God, I am not my own but yours,
take me for your own
and help me in all things to do your holy will."

~ Christopher Herbert

Persistence

"Nothing will take the place of persistence; talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not: unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent." ~ Calvin Coolidge

Ripple Effect

"Simple faith can lead to amazing things. A single act of kindness can have a ripple effect that has an impact on countless people. It could even lead to something much bigger, like a project that fights poverty or injustice and in the process changes lives." ~ Marcia Ford (Essentials for Life for Women)

Nothing But the Truth

"God, help me to tell just the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in such a way and with such timing as to be honest and winsome, too." ~ Fletcher Spruce

God Is Interested

"By teaching and life Jesus showed that to know a God who is thus vitally interested in all his children's concerns is to have the secret of a peace, a poise, and a steadiness that nothing in life can disturb." ~ James S. Stewart

Words & Actions

"Lord, let my life be orderly, regular, temperate; let no pride or self-seeking, no covetousness or revenge, no little ends and low imaginations pollute my spirit and unhallow my words and actions." ~ Jeremy Taylor

God's Work + God's Supplies

God's work done in God's way never lacks God's supplies." ~ Hudson Taylor

Prayer Defines

“Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit.” ~ S.D. Gordon

Prayer is a Priviledge

“Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty” ~ E.M. Bounds

Power in Prayer

“There is no power like that of prevailing prayer; of Abraham pleading for Sodom, Jacob wrestling in the stillness of the night, Moses standing in the breach, Hannah intoxicated with sorrow, David heartbroken with remorse and grief, Jesus in the sweat of blood. Add to this list from the records of the church your personal observation and experience, and always there is the cost of passion unto blood. Such prayer prevails. It turns ordinary mortals into people of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God.” ~ Samuel Chadwick

For Peace that Passeth Understanding ~ Pray

“Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer.” ~ R.A. Torrey

Just Pray

“The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.” ~ S.D. Gordon